Sun, 16 Oct 2016, 16:49 PM Funny Car Final, Round 4 Eliminations

By Dave Rowe

ENNIS, Texas - Results of final, round 4 eliminations in Funny Car at the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, 31st annual AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals:

 Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT-----ET---Speed-----Car#-Driver(Opp'nt)-RT----ET---Speed
    5 Matt Hagan                             28 Ron Capps                    
E4   ****WINNER****  0.038  3.913 327.03                     0.064  3.906 322.19
 Prior rounds:
E3    (R Hight     ) 0.058  3.899 327.19      (D Worsham   ) 0.045  3.904 321.35
E2    (C Force     ) 0.061  3.896 329.34      (J Beckman   ) 0.029  3.964 300.26
E1    (J Bojec     ) 0.092  3.888 330.63      (T Wilkerson ) 0.085  3.859 325.92
 Qualified:             #4  3.851 328.22                        #7  3.864 322.96

3:42 p.m. Weather conditions: air temperature 92 degrees, relative humidity 48 percent, barometer 29.27 inches, adjusted altitude 3,640 feet, track temperature 120 degrees.

Capps has won 49 times in Funny Car and once in Top Fuel. He has runnered-up 48 times in Funny Car and once in Top Fuel. He is 5-4 this year.

Hagan is 3-2 in final rounds this year, 21-20 in his career.

Capps is 24 - 15 against Hagan in prior events and Capps is 3 - 2 against Hagan in prior final rounds.

Hagan gets out of the gate first but Capps starts reeling him in. Capps goes right down the groove with a good run but can't make up the difference off the line. Hagan goes right down the groove with his worst run of the weekend but gets the holeshot win.

Capps won two races today on holeshots only to lose on a holeshot in the final round.

Matt Hagan's incremental margins: 60ft(0.017), 330 ft(0.016), 660ft(0.013). MOV: 0.0198 seconds (approximately 9 feet).

Timing data courtesy of CompuLink



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